Joanna Kawecki

Tokyo

Editor in Chief and Creative Director at Ala CHAMP

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Articles

Poets House - Think Architects

3 weeks ago | habitusliving.com | Joanna Kawecki

There’s an unrelenting sophistication to the Poets House, bold in form yet quietly modest in refined details. Positioned behind a private gate that guards a small front garden and parking space, the residence’s striking geometric silhouette informs its façade whilst a cohesive interior brings warmth and transparency.
The 25 Essential Seafood Dishes to Eat in Tokyo

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Hannah Beech |Kenji Hall |Melinda Joe |Joanna Kawecki |Vivian Morelli |Hiroko Yoda

T 25Six Japanese food professionals - including four acclaimed chefs - took on what seemed to all of them like a near-impossible task. Credit... Yoshinori Mizutani More than 200 types of fish and other edible seafood species inhabit Tokyo Bay, and many more live in the waters off Japan. There are delicate, darting fish like isaki and sea squirts like hoya (also known as sea pineapples): things rarely seen on American menus.
Yellow Pinch and Cronan Creek Falls, QLD

Feb 27, 2025 | walkersjournal.com.au | Joanna Kawecki

In the southern suburbs of a big city – where arid and rocky country suddenly transforms into wild ocean – is a place of perspective-shaping geology and history. Location: Marion, Hallett Cove and Hallett Cove Conservation Park, South Australia. Distance: 7.2 kilometres. Time: 1-2 hours. Terrain: Trail / Steps.
Lineburg Wang - High Street House

Feb 11, 2025 | habitusliving.com | Joanna Kawecki

This Brisbane home by Lineburg Wang preserves a pre-1911 cottage and reimagines the potential of residential spaces through a multi-use and adaptive lens. Located in Brisbane’s inner west, a pre-1911 cottage has been modestly transformed into a contemporary home that aims to adapt to multitude of functions and ways of living.
NUANU CREATIVE CITY — Ala Champ

Jan 15, 2025 | champ-magazine.com | Joanna Kawecki

It’s hard what to make of Bali’s increasing tourism and over-development. The city’s lush green landscapes and mesmerising rice terraces now make way for luxurious new villas. The affordable real estate, construction materials and labour allow for any architectural dream to come to fruition. Yet one Russian developer is aiming to create a 44-hectare art-led utopia based on social values that contributes back to Bali’s cultural landscape.
LIVE TWICE - Ala Champ

Dec 18, 2024 | champ-magazine.com | Joanna Kawecki

For those who have seen the famed Bond film of the same name and adapted from author Ian Fleming’s 1964 novel — Live Twice — the name may be ultimately familiar. As one of Singapore’s favoured bar destinations. Live Twice transports guest to mid-century modern Japan inspired by a world of refined craftsmanship and attention to detail through skilled artistry honed over generations of knowledge.
DIMPLE - Ala Champ

Dec 18, 2024 | champ-magazine.com | Joanna Kawecki

An intimate Hong Kong-inspired cocktail bar situated along the charming Purvis street in Singapore. Recently opened in September 2024, DIMPLE is helmed by a husband-wife duo who took two years to find the location, the new bar is focussed on their connection and love for Hong Kong. DIMPLE is shared with a hotel reception entrance, which unfortunately does distract from the overall atmosphere. However, this does rival with their skilled approach at the bar.
NOMA KYOTO 2024 - Ala Champ

Dec 10, 2024 | champ-magazine.com | Joanna Kawecki

NOMA, the celebrated Copenhagen-based restaurant returns for a 10-week pop-up, once again finding residence within the creative superhub Ace Hotel Kyoto. Now in its second year, NOMA’s 100+ team returns to Kyoto with a new vision focussed on Japan’s autumn season, once again transforming the Ace Hotel Kyoto main dining room with a completely new design and atmosphere — paired with deeply thoughtful dishes crafted over months of research and development. NOMA KYOTO 2024 presentsThe interior is …..
Wallpaper* checks in Yoruya, a Japanese inn where less is always more

Dec 9, 2024 | wallpaper.com | Joanna Kawecki

In Japan’s Kurashiki City, behind a traditional timber latticed facade typifying the architectural vernacular of the area and an unassuming hand-crafted knotted nawa-noren rope curtain, lies Yoruya, a new boutique hotel transformed from a 110-year-old former kimono merchants shopfront and residence.
MAZ TOKYO - Ala Champ

Dec 3, 2024 | champ-magazine.com | Joanna Kawecki

One of Japan’s best dining destinations transports guests to culinary elevations with palette-expanding heights. At MAZ, guests experience seasonal dishes categorised by altitudes and diverse terroirs. From up to 4,000m above sea level in the Andes to the great depths of Japan’s Pacific oceans — experiencing all this within the confines of their seat in central Tokyo. As a self-proclaimed gastronomic project, MAZ is truly one of a kind.